OSTI is not able to perform authority work on the personal names of the authors of reports in the OSTI.GOV.  For this reason, personal names are placed in the 720 field – added entry – uncontrolled name.

• OSTI is aware that many libraries do not support the 720 field. In many cases, the 720 data is not loaded and/or does not display in library catalogs.  Since personal names can be very important in identifying specific technical reports, the personal names placed in the 720 field are duplicated in a 500 field.
  
  
• Personal names appear in all variations.  The name may be in direct order or it may be inverted. In some cases the full name is used and in others only the first initial and last name are used.